Anisotropic simplicial minisuperspace model in the presence of a scalar field

Citation
Cc. Da Silva et Rm. Williams, Anisotropic simplicial minisuperspace model in the presence of a scalar field, CLASS QUANT, 16(8), 1999, pp. 2681-2695
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2681 - 2695
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(199908)16:8<2681:ASMMIT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We study an anisotropic simplicial minisuperspace model with a cosmological constant and a massive scalar field. After obtaining the classical solutio ns we then compute the semiclassical approximation of the no-boundary wavef unction of the Universe along a steepest-descent contour passing through cl assical Lorentzian solutions. The oscillatory behaviour of the resulting wa vefunction is consistent with the prediction of classical Lorentzian spacet ime for the late Universe.